Networks: North Africa

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In
North
Africa, a person's network consists of a web
of social ties with kin, neighbors, friends, and (less commonly for
women) co-workers maintained primarily through face to face
interactions. Due to Arab-Islamic cultural norms segregating the sexes,
men generally socialize with male network members in non-domestic
spaces: in cafes, playing board games on street corners, at work, or at
public celebrations such as weddings and circumcisions. Likewise, women
typically interact with network memb…